Pat Rosier

Patricia Jean Rosier (21 January 1942 – 12 June 2014) was a New Zealand writer, editor and feminist activist. Born and educated in Auckland into a working-class family, after marriage and raising two children she came out as a lesbian in the 1980s^[1] and went on to play a leading role in the second wave of New Zealand's Women's Movement,^[2] including editing Broadsheet for six years.^[3][4] In her later years she lived with Prue Hyman in Paekākāriki, north of Wellington.

Pat Rosier
Born	Patricia Jean Rosier (1942-01-21)21 January 1942 Auckland, New Zealand
Died	12 June 2014(2014-06-12) (aged 72) Paekākāriki, New Zealand
Occupation	Writer, feminist activist
Alma mater	University of Auckland

Works

Non-fiction

• Broadsheet Editor (1986 to 1992)
• Broadsheet, twenty years of Broadsheet Magazine selected and introduced by Pat Rosier. 1992. New Women's Press, Auckland, NZ. ISBN 0908652682
• Get used to it!: children of gay and lesbian parents Pat Rosier and Myra Hauschild, Canterbury University Press, 1999. ISBN 0908812868
• Women's studies: conference papers 1982 Hilary Lapsley, Pat Rosier, Claire-Louise McCurdy and Candis Craven, 1982.
• The 14th Conference of the Women's Studies Association (N.Z.) : "Raranga wahine" Editing by Pat Rosier. 1988.
• Workwise: a guide to managing workplace relationships Pat Rosier, Canterbury University Press, 2001. ISBN 1877257060
• No body's perfect: a self-help book for women who have problems with food Jasbindar Singh and Pat Rosier New Women's Press, 1989. ISBN 0908652461
• No body's perfect: dealing with food problems Jasbindar Singh and Pat Rosier, Attic Press, 1990. ISBN 1855940078
• Lesbians in front, up front, out front Pat Rosier, book chapter in Heading nowhere in a navy blue suit: and other tales from the feminist revolution Susan Jane Kedgley and Mary Varnham Daphne Brasell Associates Press, 1993. ISBN 0908896301
• Women's studies tutor kit Candis Crave, Margot Roth, Claire-Louise McCurdy and Pat Rosier, Auckland Workers' Educational Association, Women's Studies Sub-Committee, 1983.
• Women and Education Pat Rosier chapter in Perspectives on women today : lecture series, Term I, 1986.

Fiction

• Poppy's return Pat Rosier, Spinifex, 2004 ISBN 9781742191560
• Poppy's progress Pat Rosier, Spinifex, 2002 ISBN 1742191525
• Stones gathered together : a collection of stories and thoughts Pat Rosier, Smashwords, 2012. ISBN 1301009016
• Take it easy Pat Rosier, Smashwords, 2008. ISBN 0473130556
• Where the heArt is Pat Rosier, Smashwords, 2013. ISBN 0473237415

References

1. "Pat Rosier — Shalom | Kapiti Independent". Archived from the original on 14 October 2014. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
2. "Re-writing 2nd Wave Women's Movement: Pat Rosier – h/T Hand Mirror". 19 July 2014.
3. Hayes, Kimberley (2013). Race relations in New Zealand Through an Analysis of Broadsheet Magazine 1972-1989 (BA(Hons)). University of Canterbury. doi:10.26021/4453.
4. Du Plessis, Rosemary (2008). What happened to the 'f' word? Feminisms and Public Sociologies.